Raddell’s Sausage Shop and Frank Azman Meat Market Earn Titles at Polka Hall of Fame Sausage Fest

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  • Ed Oshaben (center) of Raddell’s Sausage Shop receives the People’s Choice award banner at the 11th annual Slovenian Sausage Festival sponsored by the National Cleveland-Style Polka Hall of Fame and Museum. The winner’s banner was presented by Polka Hall of Fame President Joe Valencic and Vice President Mark Habat. The event was held September 10, 2014, at SNPJ Farm in Kirtland, Ohio.
  • Frank Azman (right) of Cleveland’s Azman and Sons Meat Market receives the Best of Fest Judges’ Award banner at the 11th annual Slovenian Sausage Festival sponsored by the National Cleveland-Style Polka Hall of Fame and Museum. The banner was presented by Polka Hall of Fame Vice President Mark Habat and Chairman Emeritus Tony Petkovsek. The event was held September 10, 2014, at SNPJ Farm in Kirtland, Ohio.
  • The grand jury at the 2014 Slovenian Sausage Festival chose Azman and Sons Meat Market of Cleveland, Ohio, as Top Klobasa. The event was a fund-raiser for the National Cleveland-Style Polka Hall of Fame and Museum at SNPJ Farm in Kirtland, Ohio, on September 10, 2014. Left to right: Dan Postotnik, a sausage and polka music fan; Deborah Pinter, Executive Director, Orange Art Center; Cindy Barber, owner of the Beachland Ballroom; Walt Mahovlich, director of the Harmonia folk music ensemble; Richard Novotny, Associate Vice President of Student Development and Dean of Students, Lakeland Community College; and Willoughby attorney Ronald Zele.
  • Button accordionist Linda Hochevar was one of fifty musicians appearing at the 11th annual Slovenian Sausage Festival sponsored by the National Cleveland-Style Polka Hall of Fame and Museum at SNPJ Farm in Kirtland, Ohio, on September 10, 2014.
  • Vida Zak, of Euclid, OH, serves one of Azman and Sons’ award-winning products at the 11th annual Slovenian Sausage Festival sponsored by the National Cleveland-Style Polka Hall of Fame and Museum. The event was held September 10, 2014, at SNPJ Farm in Kirtland, Ohio.
  • Polka performers turned out to play for the eight-hour dance marathon at the 2014 Slovenian Sausage Festival sponsored by the National Cleveland-Style Polka Hall of Fame and Museum at SNPJ Farm in Kirtland, Ohio, on September 10. Accordionists Frank Svet and Kathy Hlad, drummer R. J. Likovic, and bass-player Denny Bucar, of Euclid, OH, performed for the benefit of the Polka Hall of Fame.
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